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Bobby Pearce

1905 - 1976

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Henry Robert Pearce (30 September 1905 – 20 May 1976) was an Australian three-time world champion sculler of the 1920s and 1930s. He won consecutive Olympic gold medals in the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the World Sculling Championship in 1933, and twice successfully defended that title in 1934 and 1938. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bobby Pearce has received more than 2,075 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bobby Pearce is the 440th most popular athlete, the 176th most popular biography from Australia and the 4th most popular Australian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Bobby Pearce ranks 440 out of 3,055. Before him are Pino Dordoni, Anne-Marie Colchen, Étienne Desmarteau, Gioacchino Guaragna, Olga Gyarmati, and Jorma Kinnunen. After him are Archie Williams, Ernst Schultz, Eino Penttilä, Paavo Johansson, Anni Steuer, and Bill Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Bobby Pearce ranks 242. Before him are Emerich Vogl, László Raffinsky, Kunio Maekawa, Raghunath Murmu, Erzsébet Schaár, and Stanisław Mazur. After him are Jean De Clercq, Richard Haydn, Mario de las Casas, Leopold Hofmann, Arturo Coddou, and Aurélio de Lira Tavares. Among people deceased in 1976, Bobby Pearce ranks 168. Before him are Ernst Albrecht, Hermann Jónasson, Wilhelmina von Bremen, Segundo Durandal, Taos Amrouche, and Mal Evans. After him are Leopold Hofmann, John A. Costello, Nils Middelboe, L. S. Lowry, Samuel Eliot Morison, and Alfredo Dinale.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 176 out of 790. Before him are Jacinda Barrett (1972), Greg Egan (1961), Mae Busch (1891), Deborra-Lee Furness (1955), Keith Michell (1926), and Nathan Jones (1970). After him are Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1951), Helen Reddy (1941), Barry Humphries (1934), Casey Stoner (1985), Walter Frederick Gale (1865), and Frederick Lane (1880).

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Among ATHLETES In Australia

Among athletes born in Australia, Bobby Pearce ranks 4. Before him are Peter Norman (1942), Ron Clarke (1937), and Betty Cuthbert (1938). After him are Nick Winter (1894), John Winter (1924), Shirley Strickland (1925), Stan Rowley (1876), Marjorie Jackson-Nelson (1931), Herb Elliott (1938), Cathy Freeman (1973), and Norma Croker (1934).

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